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1 Lecture 4 Particle physics processes - particles are small, light, energetic à processes described by quantum mechanics and relativity à processes are probabilistic, i.e., we cannot know the outcome of an individual process but only the probability of each specific outcome
2 Energy loss Ionization + excitation of atomic energy levels energy loss Mean energy loss rate de /dx proportional to (electric charge) of incident particle for a given material, function only of incident particle velocity typical value at minimum: -de /dx = 1 MeV /(g cm - ) NOTE: traversed thickness (dx) is given in g /cm to be independent of material density (for variable density materials, such as gases) à multiply de /dx by density (g/cm 3 ) to obtain de /dx in MeV/cm
3 COSMIC RAYS Discovered by V.F. Hess in the 1910 s by the observation of the increase of radioactivity with altitude during a balloon flight Until the late 1940 s, the only existing source of high-energy particles Composition of cosmic rays at sea level two main components Electromagnetic showers, consisting of many e- and γ-rays, mainly originating from: γ + nucleus à e+e + nucleus (pair production); e- + nucleus à e- + γ + nucleus ( bremsstrahlung ) The typical mean free path for these processes ( radiation length, x0 ) depends on Z. - For Pb (Z = 8) x0 = 0.56 cm - Thickness of the atmosphere 7 x0 Muons ( µ- ) capable of traversing as much as 1 m of Pb without interacting; tracks observed in cloud chambers in the 1930 s. Determination of the mass by simultaneous measurement of momentum p = mv(1 v/c)-½ (track curvature in Cloud chamber image of an magnetic field) and velocity v (ionization): electromagnetic shower. Pb plates, each 1. 7 cm thick mµ = MeV/c 07 me
4 1937: Theory of nuclear forces (H. Yukawa) Existence of a new light particle ( meson ) as the carrier of nuclear forces Relation between interaction radius and meson mass m: R int =! mc mc 00 MeV for R int cm Hideki Yukawa Yukawa s meson initially identified with the muon in this case µ stopping in matter should be immediately absorbed by nuclei à nuclear breakup (not true for stopping µ + because of Coulomb repulsion - µ + never come close enough to nuclei, while m form muonic atoms) Experiment of Conversi, Pancini, Piccioni (Rome, 1945): study of µ stopping in matter using µ magnetic selection in the cosmic rays In light material (Z ~ 10) the µ decays mainly to electron (just as µ + to positron) In heavier material, the µ disappears partly by decaying to electron, and partly by nuclear capture (process later understood as µ + p à n + ν). However, the rate of nuclear captures is consistent with the weak interaction. the muon is not Yukawa s meson
5 1947: Discovery of the π- meson (the real Yukawa particle) Observation of the π + -> µ + -> e + decay chain in nuclear emulsion exposed to cosmic rays at high altitudes Nuclear emulsion: a detector sensitive to ionization with ~1 mm space resolution (AgBr microcrystals suspended in gelatin) In all events the muon has a fixed kinetic energy (4.1 MeV, corresponding to a range of ~ 600 mm in nuclear emulsion) à two-body decay m π = MeV/c ; spin = 0 Dominant decay mode: π + ->µ + + ν (and π -> µ + ν ) Mean life at rest: t π =.6 x 10-8 s = 6 ns π at rest undergoes nuclear capture, as expected for the Yukawa particle A neutral π meson (π ) also exists: m (π ) = MeV /c Decay: π à γ +γ, mean life = 8.4 x s π mesons are the most copiously produced particles in proton proton and proton nucleus collisions at high energies Four events showing the decay of a p + coming to rest in nuclear emulsion
6 Muon decay µ ± à e ± + ν + ν Decay electron momentum distribution Cosmic ray muon stopping in a cloud chamber and decaying to an electron m Muon spin = ½ Muon lifetime at rest: t µ =.197 x 10-6 s ->.197 ms Muon decay mean free path in flight: vτ µ pτ µ λ = = = 1- mµ ( v / c) p τ c m c decay µ µ p : muon momentum t m c ~ 0.66 km decay electron track à muons can reach the Earth surface after a path 10 km because the decay mean free path is stretched by the relativistic time expansion
7 Theory of β-decay (E. Fermi, ) β - decay: n à p + e - + ν β + decay: p à n + e + + ν (e.g., 14 O 8 à 14 N 7 + e + + ν) n: the particle proposed by Pauli (named neutrino by Fermi) ν: its antiparticle (antineutrino) Enrico Fermi Fermi s theory: a point interaction among four spin ½ particles, using the mathematical formalism of creation and annihilation operators invented by Jordan à particles emitted in β decay need not exist before emission they are created at the instant of decay Prediction of β decay rates and electron energy spectra as a function of only one parameter: Fermi coupling constant G F (determined from experiments) Energy spectrum dependence on neutrino mass m (from Fermi s original article, published in German on Zeitschrift für Physik, following rejection of the English version by Nature) Measurable distortions for m > 0 near the end-point (E 0 : max. allowed electron energy)
8 Neutrino detection Prediction of Fermi s theory: ν + p à e + + n ν p interaction probability in thickness dx of hydrogen-rich material (e.g., H O) Incident ν : Flux Φ [ ν cm s 1 ] (uniform over surface S) S Target: surface S, thickness dx containing n protons cm 3 ν p interaction rate = Φ S n s dx interactions per second σ : ν proton cross-section (effective proton area, as seen by the incident ν ) νp interaction probability = n σ dx = dx/ λ Interaction mean free path: λ= 1 / n σ Interaction probability for finite target thickness T = 1 exp( T / λ) σ( ν p) cm for 3 MeV ν à λ 150 light-years of water! Interaction probability ~ T /λ very small (~10 18 per meter of H O) à need very intense sources for antineutrino detection dx
9 Nuclear reactors: very intense antineutrino sources Average fission: n + 35 U 9 -> (A 1, Z) + (A, 9 Z) +.5 free neutrons + 00 MeV nuclei with large neutron excess a chain of β decays with very short lifetimes: (A, Z) (A, Z + 1) (A, Z + )... e ν e ν e ν (until a stable or long lifetime nucleus is reached) On average, 6 ν per fission 6P 11 ν production rate = t = P ν/s 13 t 00 MeV P t : reactor thermal power [W] conversion factor MeV J For a typical reactor: P t = W ν / s (isotropic) Continuous ν energy spectrum average energy ~3 MeV
10 Comanche Peak nuclear Power Plant Somervell County, 60 miles southwest of Dallas reactors 1.5 GW each =.5 GW à = ν/s If you assume that the cross section of your body is 1 m and that the flux of reactors neutrinos is distributed uniformly on a surface of the sphere centered at the reactor then there are ~ ν from that reactor crossing your body every second.
11 First neutrino detection (Reines, Cowan 1953) ν+ p à e + + n detect 0.5 MeV γ-rays from e + e à γγ (t = 0) neutron thermalization followed by capture in Cd nuclei à emission of delayed γ-rays (average delay ~30 ms) E γ = 0.5 MeV e - β + à γγ (β + =e + ) m H O + Event rate at the Savannah River CdCl I, II, III: Liquid scintillator nuclear power plant: 3.0 ± 0. events / hour (after subtracting event rate measured with reactor OFF ) in agreement with expectations
12 Particle interactions (as known until the mid 1960 s) In order of increasing strength: Gravitational interaction (all particles) Totally negligible in particle physics Example: static force between electron and proton at distance D Gravitational: Ratio f G / f E f G = G N 4.4 x m m e D p Electrostatic: f E = 1 4πε 0 e D Weak interaction (all particles except photons) Responsible for β decay and for slow nuclear fusion reactions in the star core Example: in the core of the Sun (T = 15.6 x 10 6 ºK) 4p à 4 He + e + + n Solar neutrino emission rate ~ 1.84 x neutrinos / s Flux of solar neutrinos on Earth ~ 6.4 x neutrinos cm - s 1 Very small interaction radius R int (max. distance at which two particles interact) (R int = 0 in the original formulation of Fermi s theory) Electromagnetic interaction (all charged particles) Responsible for chemical reactions, light emission from atoms, etc. Infinite interaction radius (example: the interaction between electrons in transmitting and receiving antennas)
13 Strong interaction ( neutron, proton,... NOT THE ELECTRON! ) Responsible for keeping protons and neutrons together in the atomic nucleus Independent of electric charge Interaction radius R int cm In Relativistic Quantum Mechanics static fields of forces DO NOT EXIST ; the interaction between two particles is transmitted by intermediate particles acting as interaction carriers (concept of potential is not relativistic, not invariant Example: electron proton scattering (an effect of the electromagnetic interaction) is described as a two-step process : 1) incident electron à scattered electron + photon ) photon + incident proton à scattered proton The photon ( γ ) is the carrier of the electromagnetic interaction In the electron proton centre-of-mass system Energy momentum conservation: E γ = 0 p Υ = p p ( p = p ) incident electron ( E e, p ) scattered proton ( E p, p ) γ q scattered electron ( E e, p ) Mass of the intermediate photon: Q E γ p γ c = p c ( 1 cos θ ) The photon is in a VIRTUAL state because for real photons E γ p γ c = 0 (the mass of real photons is ZERO ) virtual photons can only exist for a very short time interval thanks to the Uncertainty Principle incident proton ( E p, p )
14 The Uncertainty Principle CLASSICAL MECHANICS Position and momentum of a particle can be measured independently and simultaneously with arbitrary precision QUANTUM MECHANICS Measurement perturbs the particle state à position and momentum measurements are correlated: ΔxΔp x! (also for y and z components) Similar correlation for energy and time measurements: Werner Heisenberg ΔEΔt! Quantum Mechanics allows a violation of energy conservation by an amount ΔE for a short time Δt ħ / ΔE Numerical example: ΔE =1MeV Δt s
15 Major unsolved problem is the theory if gravitational interactions. We know that the photon is affected by the gravitational field generated by massive objects (general relativity) but the quantum theory of gravitation does not yet exist. Many attempts have been made and there is progress in recent years. There are also astronomical observations consistent with expectations of quantum nature of gravitational field. In present formulations, the carrier of gravitational field is called Graviton. It is massless, has spin = and the range of interactions is infinite. See - LIGO
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